Chick feeder



July 23, 1931. E. w. BOYER 1,315,964

CHICK FEEDER F iled March 27, 1928 [Patented July ZS l g UNrr- DJSTA resEDWIN w. BOYER, or moaim s, INDIANA,

CHICK rnnnnn Application filed March 2?,19285 Serial 110,265,004.

My invention'relates to feedersfor poultry commonly termed? buttermilkfeeders but the invention contemplates a device of this charactersusceptible to various other uses to'which the device may beadapted, andit is anobject; of theinvention to provide a simple andinexpensive'construction which may be easily kept sanitary and which maybe easily taken'apart-for refilling,all as will be hereinafter moreparticularly described and claimed' 7 Referring to the accompanyingdrawings which are made a part hereof and on which similar referencecharacters indicate similar parts, Figure 1 is a topplan view of a baseor trough illustrating one'applicationlof my invention,

Figure 2, a-pers'pective of the same, and 1 d 2 I Figure 3, a- 'sectionon*the line 3-3 of,

Figure 1 with a'container forthe food sub-g stance attachedthereto. T 7c I V In thedrawings reference character 10 in- ,dicates acontainer-which may be a conven- .725 tional' fruit jar,'or if a largercontainer; 1s 1 desired, any type desired may be usedwhlch 1 has a mouthof the general construction shown. 1 1' o- A base or trough 11 ofsaucer-like forma-. tion or a relatively shallow receptacle havingan-upturned rim orflange about its perlphery yis provided toaflordpoultry free access to foodstuff supplied from" the contalner l0.

o The center of the base is convexly curved in order to direct the foodstuff outwardly towardsthe periphery ofthe receptacle. On

' diametrically opposite sides of this center are located integrallyformed upstanding flanges 112 curved in the form of segments of'a circlefor receiving the circular mouth' of thejar or container 10. It will'beunderstood ofcourse that the'invention contemplates the employ- 1 mentofflanges which arepformed-complementarily with the mouth .of "thereceptacle to be supported. 1 i

\ I The flanges 12areprovided on their inner faces-with ribs "13 whichserve substantially asscrew threadsfwhich engage and meshor jmatewithscrew threads on theexteriorof the mouth of the container 10. Theseupthickness to permit the glass to be ground away on their insides toform the ribs 13. In

above ,thesegrnentalribs which are the equivalentof threadsmay beproduced in any other desired manner, as by molding or by formstandingflanges 12 ,7 are formed of-sufiicient lieu-of" grinding, the glass canbe cut away by sand-blasting or the like, or in lieu of the ing ofplastic composition secured thereon 'in' any desired manner toprovidejthe necessary threads required to secure the union be tween theparts. The upstanding flanges 1-2 are provided with flat faces 14 on theinterior "at the base and the flat extremities 15 which serve asabutmentsragainst whichthe top of the neck'of'thecontainer 10 and theshoulder surrounding said'neck may restwhen the parts --are* assembledin order to form a proper support for the same.

In use the vessel or container 10 is filled,

or partly filled, with buttermilk or other .substance'which it isdesired to feed to the poultry, and the base 11 is then screwed onto thetop thereof to form a union, as shown in Figurefl. The vessel is theninverted, and the feeder thusconstructed placed sothatit will rest uponthe base 11. The buttermilk or other food substance inthe container willflow out, through the narrow opening between the edge of the neck of thevessel and the top surface of the base, at the points be-- tween theupstanding flanges 12, into the saucer-like or trough-like portion ofthe base H between its upwardly curved center and the flange whichsurrounds its edge. The poultry feed aroundthe base, and as the food isconsumed, more flows through the. narrow spaceindicated, so that it issupplied substantially'as needed to take care of the con- I sumption, Inthis way the main body of the food substance is at all times protectedin the tary condition, as is also the feeding trough:

or saucer from which the poultry consume it.' I 'Byseparating the parts,the container*and base may be quickly and readily cleaned, and V,

ess is facilitated, and a sanitary article of this character isthusprovided, which will be i container, and'kept in a healthful andsaniboth parts being of glass, the cleanin q 1 found very convenient andsatisfactory,in

use. a

It will be obvious to those skilled in the art that'various changes maybe made in my 5 device Without departing from the spirit of theinvention, and I, therefore, do not limit myself t0.,what isshown inthedrawings and describedingthe specification, but only as set forth'in theappended claims,

Havingthus fully described my said invention What I claim-asnewand-de'si i' -ev-te secure by Letters Patent is:

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